Month October 2008

How do you start yours?

Browser, that is. I was rather interested to hear what people used as their ‘home page’ in their browser – ie the page that loads when you first open your browser. Firefox makes this more interesting with its tabs, which…

Macbook Wireless Problem

I love my MacBook, I really do (although I am rather tempted by one of these). However, of late I have been having a really annoying problem it and my home wireless broadband. I generally turn off the router during…

Hacking domains

Domain hacking is defined by Wikipedia as: an unconventional domain name that combines domain levels, especially the top-level domain (TLD), to spell out the full “name” or title of the domain, making a kind of pun. What does that mean?…

Bookmarks for October 12th through October 15th

Stuff I have bookmarked for October 12th through October 15th: Five ways to publish commentable documents online at Helpful Technology – More great stuff from Steph. Damn him. Tech Angels – "The Tech Angels are a student-run group at Wellington…

5 years of MySociety

I had an enjoyable time at the MySociety shindig last night at The Hub in King’s Cross. There were lots of cool people there, and I got the chance to bend people’s ears about digital mentors, which was fun for…

Cut, Kill, Dig, Drill

Marvellous piece on the background of Sarah Palin by Jonathan Raban in this fortnight’s London Review of Books: What is most striking about her is that she seems perfectly untroubled by either curiosity or the usual processes of thought. When…

Bookmarks for October 9th through October 12th

Stuff I have bookmarked for October 9th through October 12th: NHS Constitution « Tub O’Lard’s Mutterings – Write up a recent consultation exercise by the NHS on their new constitution with Diabetes UK representatives. Diabetes.co.uk – Big looking online diabetes…

Opening the RSA

David Wilcox has blogged again about the efforts at the RSA to reform itself to meet the needs of fellows in the networked society. It would appear that the more forward thinking fellows are a little disappointed at the pace…